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Gday from Western Australia

Wildflowers of Western Australia

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Hairy Jug Flower - Adenanthos barbigerus
Hairy Jug Flower		 All the wildflower pics in this site
taken as nature grew 'em.
Time has moved on,
the flowers all gone,
"but hey, we can still view 'em"
Wiluna wildflower
Desert Wildflower		 Pea flower
Pea Flower
Old Mans Beard - Clematis pubescens
Old Mans Beard

Aborigine uses for Clematis pubescens.

Roots as food.
Stem and leaf used as medicine.
Whole plant hung on Wurley (hut) as a sign that harm was intended.
Stem base used as haft for stone axe.
Fibre from roots woven into headbands.
Sundew
Sundews		 Trayning wildflower
Wildflowers of Western Australia
Running postman - Kennedia prostrata
Running Postman

The vine of this plant can be up to 2 metres long and used by Aborigines as string and rope, to bind and sew.

SCARLET RUNNER
Kennedia prostrata

Sweet nectar was sucked from the flowers.
Wiluna wildflower
Wildflower		 Bridgetown wildflowers
Bridgetown
Comesperma confertum
Comesperma		 Pimelea Daisybush - Olearia pimeleoides
Pimelea Daisybush

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